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Saturday, December 26, 2015

{Making Healthy Chocolates}

If you have to follow a strict diet, most store bought chocolates are either too sweet or contain cream or other things you try avoid eating.

Well, that makes you have to make your own Healthy Chocolates!

So here we go, with two pound tablets of 72% dark chocolate from +Trader Joe's, placed in a double boiler, Au Bain Marie. The lowest part is filled with some water and remember; only melting the chocolate NOT boiling it!

It is a messy job so I always make large batches at once.

This time I'd boiled some fresh cranberries first and set them aside.

Later I will blend in this flaked unsweetened coconut, again from Trader Joe's.

To sweeten it up a bit I use Agave Nectar and also add some healthy Chia seeds and Lecithin Granules.

In the batch above, I added Pomegranate Seeds that I bought at Costco.

You just have to feel for yourself, depending on what you are using, if you also want to add some Almond Meal to give it some body. It should however be rather smooth!

Your chocolate sounds so healthy and yummy! Great idea to add chia seed. I love white chocolate, but after reading your posts, I began to get dark chocolate more often :-) Gotta keep healthy eating!I noticed my sidebar doesn't update when you publish your new post. Very strange...I hope you get to fix it!

Healthy chocolates, unsweetened coconut from trader Joe's, Some Almond meal be smooth and your filling of rosie spatula'is the special a gold faslenes.I hope not changed my setting?Lots of Love both of you!Michiko

Dearest Mariette,lovely Chocolats you made!Wishing you a wonderful last week of the year and a good and wonderufl start into the new Year!Sending Love, hugs and blessings,ClaudiaP.S. I LOVE this Press'nSeal Foil! Such a great stuff! Got it from a friend before ...and now I am searching, where to get in Germany :O(

Mariette, I am so glad I didn't miss this post. What a great idea to make your own chocolates. I am going to put this on my list of things to do. And thanks for the heads up about the Glad Press and Seal that doesn't stick. I could use some of that. How much lecithin do you use? Thanks. xo Deborah